{"id":15009,"date":"2024-01-04T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15009"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:38:15","slug":"guysuco-gears-up-for-increased-sugar-production-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guysuco-gears-up-for-increased-sugar-production-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"GuySuCo Gears Up for Increased Sugar Production in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is actively preparing for a robust year of sugar production in 2024, with a focus on enhancing efficiency and cultivation. J<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a public-private sector partnership, GuySuCo has cleared approximately 750 hectares of land for sugarcane cultivation across all four estates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO Sasenarine Singh shared with NCN news that they anticipate increased cultivation and production within the next 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh stated, &#8220;The objective is to get about 2000 hectares, which is all framed within the available financing but as of now it\u2019s between 2000- 2500 hectares.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that Rose Hall estate, reopened in September for a six-week trial, is expected to contribute significantly to the overall production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming year, Rose Hall will operate for a full year, becoming an equal member of the sugar fraternity in terms of grinding sugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh noted that the production targets and achievements for 2023 would be announced by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha early in the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rose Hall estate, closed in 2017 but not decommissioned, underwent extensive rehabilitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mechanical reliability study confirmed its efficiency, making it the most effective of the four factories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact of reopening Rose Hall has been substantial, with over 1400 persons hired in the local area, benefiting 1400 families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government allocated over 1.1 billion dollars in the 2023 budget for the estate&#8217;s reopening and an additional 1.5 billion dollars in supplementary funding for the rehabilitation of lands at Albion, Blairmont, Rose Hall, and Uitvlugt estates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GuySuCo&#8217;s proactive measures and focus on efficiency signal positive strides in revitalizing the sugar industry in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is actively preparing for a robust year of sugar production in 2024, with a focus on enhancing efficiency and cultivation. J As part of a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15011,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15009\/revisions\/15011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}